Defy the Devil

Defy the Devil

Sarah Burke Cahalan

by making bread inedible.
Bake a stone that predates
evil. Bury it in ash,
never thinking it’s alive.
It’s ancient, traced with veins
of silica and carbon.
Plant it to bless the field and
scare volcanoes.
Be useless.
Do useless things.
Never plan on it to rise.
Be pleasantly surprised.

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Sarah Burke Cahalan
Poet & Writer

Sarah writes about natural history, hope/grief/faith, the layers of places and how those correspond with our own layers as people moving through time and place. She has poems, current or forthcoming, in Amethyst Review, Rogue Agent, US Catholic, Solum, Stirring Lit, EcoTheo Review, and others. Sarah is from Massachusetts and is currently based in Dayton, Ohio (USA). 

Photography by Brent Keane